J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.